Quadro 6000 vs Radeon HD 6850 X2

If you are going to buy a new graphics card and are choosing between Quadro 6000 and Radeon HD 6850 X2, there are a couple of things to consider. Cards with more VRAM in general perform better and allow you to play on higher graphics settings. Size also makes a difference. A model with a large heatsink can occupy up to three expansion slots on a motherboard. Be sure you have enough room in your PC case. When comparing GPUs with different architectures, more processing cores and even higher TFLOPS will not always translate to better performance. To help you decide which GPU you need, we have measured frame rates in a number of popular games. For more on how the Quadro 6000 stacks up against Radeon HD 6850 X2, check out specs charts below.
Radeon HD 6850 X2

Main Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Power consumption (TDP) 204 Watt 254 Watt
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin 2x 8-pin
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 2 GB
Display Connectors 1x DVI, 2x DisplayPort, 1x S-Video 2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort
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  • Radeon HD 6850 X2 has 24% more power consumption, than Quadro 6000.
  • Both video cards are using PCIe 2.0 x16 interface connection to a motherboard.
  • Quadro 6000 has 4 GB more memory, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.
  • Both cards are used in Desktops.
  • Quadro 6000 is build with Fermi architecture, and Radeon HD 6850 X2 - with TeraScale 2.
  • Core clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 226 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.
  • Quadro 6000 and Radeon HD 6850 X2 are manufactured by 40 nm process technology.
  • Memory clock speed of Radeon HD 6850 X2 is 1212 MHz higher, than Quadro 6000.

Game benchmarks

high / 1080p 14−16 12−14
ultra / 1080p 8−9 7−8
QHD / 1440p 3−4 2−3
low / 720p 27−30 27−30
medium / 1080p 16−18 16−18
The average gaming FPS of Quadro 6000 in Assassin's Creed Odyssey is 7% more, than Radeon HD 6850 X2.

Full Specs

  Quadro 6000 Radeon HD 6850 X2
Architecture Fermi TeraScale 2
Code name GF100 Barts
Type Workstation Desktop
Release date 10 December 2010 19 September 2011
Pipelines 448 960
Core clock speed 574 MHz 800 MHz
Transistor count 3,100 million 1,700 million
Manufacturing process technology 40 nm 40 nm
Texture fill rate 32.14 38.40
Floating-point performance 1,027.7 gflops 2x 1,536.0 gflops
Length 248 mm
Memory bus width 384 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 2988 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bandwidth 143.4 GB/s 134.4 GB/s
DirectX 12 (11_0) 11.2 (11_0)
Shader Model 5.1 5.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.4
OpenCL 1.1 1.2
Vulkan N/A N/A
CUDA 2.0
Bitcoin / BTC (SHA256) 91 Mh/s
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